The Building Resilient Housing Task Force is focused on practical federal solutions that make homes more affordable to live in and better prepared for wildfires, storms, heat, and other extreme weather. ... The Task Force will therefore focus on multifaceted solutions that meet the urgency of our housing crisis—addressing ballooning insurance rates due to extreme weather events; investing in energy-efficient upgrades and renewables to lower utility bills; and building new housing that helps connect Americans to essential services like reliable transportation and workforce opportunities.
Advance practical federal solutions to make housing more affordable and climate-resilient, including addressing rising insurance costs from extreme weather, investing in energy-efficient upgrades and renewables, and building housing connected to transportation and workforce opportunities.
Occurrences
Evidence
The SEEC release says Task Force co-chairs Reps. Dave Min and Johnny Olszewski sent a letter urging Ways and Means leaders to extend the 179D Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Tax Deduction and 45L New Energy Efficient Home Credit beyond the June 30, 2026 expiration. It also states the task force focuses on ballooning insurance rates from extreme weather, energy-efficient upgrades and renewables, and housing connected to transportation and workforce opportunities.
The signed letter says Min and Olszewski urged extension of the 179D and 45L tax provisions, describing them as incentives that support energy-efficient building technologies and reduce energy costs. The signature block identifies Rep. Dave Min as co-chair of the SEEC Building Resilient Housing Task Force.
SEEC’s homepage summary says the Building Resilient Housing Task Force, led by Rep. Dave Min and Rep. Johnny Olszewski, hosted a roundtable on housing affordability and climate resilience. It says the roundtable addressed how climate change and extreme weather are raising home energy and insurance costs.
Min’s official votes page lists a June 23, 2026 vote on H.R. 6644, with the question 'On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in Senate Adt to House Adt to Senate Adt,' Min voting Yea, and the title 'Housing for the 21st Century Act.'
Congress.gov bill text includes titles and sections on housing supply frameworks, an accelerating home building grant program, streamlined reviews, multifamily loan limits, a GAO study on workforce housing, HOME reform, grants tied to affordable housing, public transportation access, and location-efficient community development goals.
Min’s official housing issue page says he is co-chair of the Building Resilient Housing Task Force and is working to build housing stock in a way that addresses both housing affordability and climate change. The page says Congress should pursue innovative and sustainable solutions to create more housing at all income levels.
Assessments
Min took concrete federal actions in his current House term that align with the pledge: co-chairing the SEEC Building Resilient Housing Task Force, urging extension of 179D and 45L energy-efficient building tax incentives, convening a roundtable on climate-resilient housing and rising insurance and energy costs, and voting for a housing affordability bill with supply, workforce-housing, transportation-access, and location-efficient development provisions. However, the record provided mainly shows advocacy, convening, task-force leadership, and legislative support, not final enactment or implementation of the full package of promised affordability, insurance, energy, renewables, transit, and workforce-housing solutions. That supports meaningful partial fulfillment rather than full delivery.